β-limiting MHD instabilities in improved-performance NSTX spherical torus plasmas

Nuclear Fusion

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 330-340

  Menard, J E ^a   Bell, M G ^a   Bell, R E ^a   Fredrickson, E D ^a   Gates, D A ^a   Kaye, S M ^a   LeBlanc, B P ^a   Maingi, R ^b   Mueller, D ^a   Sabbagh, S A ^c   Stutman, D ^d   Bush, C E ^b   Johnson, D W ^a   Kaita, R ^a   Kugel, H W ^a   Maqueda, R J ^e   Paoletti, F ^c   Paul, S F ^a   Ono, M ^a   Peng, Y K M ^b   Skinner, C H ^a   Synakowski, E J ^a   more..

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; INDUCTANCE; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

DISCHARGE PULSE-LENGTH;

PLASMA DEVICES;

EID: 0037872769     PISSN: 00295515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0029-5515/43/5/305     Document Type: Article

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